My biggest problem with the Davis/Machida decision isn't the decision itself, it's the implications and aftermath of it.

Davis gained nothing by winning it.

Machida possibly lost his last chance for a rematch with Jones.

With the initial announcement of the fight I was extremely excited - a Machida win would solidify himself as the number 1 contender and a Davis win would line up a new opponent and challenge for Jones.

At first I was hoping for Davis to win for that exact reason; to see Jones with a new challenge. However, as time wore on and we got closer to the fight date I had a change of heart.

Machida is aging and probably near the end of his prime as a fighter but is absolutely incredible and deserves a second chance at Jones. Losing this fight would likely keep that from ever happening.

Davis is a green fighter still, obviously talented and skilled but also very young. If he lost vs. Machida no one would bat an eye unless he was spectacularly finished. He could have lost, then been back in the title picture with 1 or 2 more wins. His window isn't closing for a long time.

Now you have the actual fight and the largely disputable decision.

Davis gained nothing from this fight but Machida lost a lot. I like Phil Davis a ton, but there's no justification for a title shot for him now. There's just a ton of justification to keep Machida away from one, which I think is extremely unfortunate. I think Machida is still the second best Light Heavyweight in the world and he's back on the grind to get another chance to prove it, but who knows what fighter we'll see when/if he gets there. Machida's window is either closing or closed. If I was Dana White I'd book Machida vs. Jones 2 regardless of the decision.

Between the above and Aldo vs. Zombie being plagued by injuries, a pretty good card ended on a very sour note.

Rambo John J - Bader, Silva, Evans, Coutour are his only dominant performances.He is not really that impressive if you actually look at his career.

I am rarely impressed with Lyoto.But some guys like a guy with a little hip shimmy every 30 seconds.

That's a pretty awesome list of fighters, add in Hendo and Davis for clear 30-27 and 29-28 decisions respectably. Machida also owned Rich Franklin before it was cool and worthy of the UFC MW title.

Lol at not impressive. Let me remind myself for not taking any advice or opinions from you. Lol ;)

I need some of what you been smoking, Clear cut decisions???

He is a decision machine when he faces tough opponents.

He tried to brawl one time and he got KTFO and his eye swelled shut.

You think Hendo and Davis were close? Please stop watching MMA and do us all a favour, or even better there could be a judging job for you available where you can screw fighters on a regular basis. Good luck in your future endeavours, blindy.

T Bag - You think Machida should be rewarded with a title shot after putting up two terrible performances in a row against Hendo and Davis?

No. But that didn't happen either, so there's no point in mentioning it.

Lol you're right. Lyoto Landing a combined 56 strikes over the past 6 rounds in two boring and close decisions didn't happen.

Nothing close about either of those two fights unless you have no idea what you are watching.

Hendo fight was a joke, wasn't even point fighting, he just didn't want to engage, no way he "deserves" a title shot! Can't think of any1 actually who does, but U can't just give it to machida because there is no one else or you think he has the best shot. I used to be a big machida fan, I still like him, but he seems afraid to get hit now and point fighting can get u screwed sometimes.

T Bag - You think Machida should be rewarded with a title shot after putting up two terrible performances in a row against Hendo and Davis?

No. But that didn't happen either, so there's no point in mentioning it.

Lol you're right. Lyoto Landing a combined 56 strikes over the past 6 rounds in two boring and close decisions didn't happen.

Nothing close about either of those two fights unless you have no idea what you are watching.

I think Machida lost both of those fights as well as the the first shogun fight. If I wanted to watch karate I would visit the local c.s. kim dojo so those ten and eleven year olds have an audience.

Well this is MMA, his opponents can do anything they fucking want to this one dimensional karate dude. Too bad no one apart from Shogun and Jones has been able to. Such a tough sport losing to a karate guy... ;))

Lyoto hasn't been the same since the Shogun lost but up until then the guy absolutely mauled Rashad when Rashad had game, went 5 rounds with Shogun the first time without taking serious damage, blasted Silva and Sokoudjou and went 16-0 to start his career.

The problems started when other LHWs figured out how to deal with his stance and attack. He's no threat to Jones now but he's still a great fighter.

Lyoto hasn't been the same since the Shogun lost but up until then the guy absolutely mauled Rashad when Rashad had game, went 5 rounds with Shogun the first time without taking serious damage, blasted Silva and Sokoudjou and went 16-0 to start his career.

The problems started when other LHWs figured out how to deal with his stance and attack. He's no threat to Jones now but he's still a great fighter.

That's essentially what I'm saying for the most part, Machida is either on the decline or near the decline, but he's still the 2nd best LHW currently and he would have gotten a title shot after beating Davis.

Now he's going to have to derail some prospects to get another shot and he'll theoretically be fighting Jones while he's on a steady decline instead of the advent of it, which is going to be mostly pointless to watch.

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